A Framework for Aging-Friendly Services and Supports in the Age of COVID-19.
J Aging Soc Policy
; 32(4-5): 450-459, 2020.
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| ID: mdl-32441572
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has revealed gaps in services and supports for older adults, even as needs for health and social services have dramatically increased and may produce a cascade of disability after the pandemic subsides. In this essay, we discuss the perfect storm of individual and environmental risk factors, including deconditioning, reductions in formal and informal care support, and social isolation. We then evaluate opportunities that have arisen for strengthening person-centered services and supports for older adults, through in-home acute and primary medical care, aggressive use of video telehealth and social interaction, and implementation of volunteer or paid intergenerational service.
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Assunto principal:
Pneumonia Viral
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Serviço Social
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Assistência de Longa Duração
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Infecções por Coronavirus
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article